Central African Republic (CAR) is on the verge of what many are calling “Somalisation.” The entire population of 4.6 million people have been affected. Tens of thousands had been displaced, almost all schools closed, and aid agencies’ offices and warehouses had been looted.

With very few government services available, lack of security and an increase in hunger, French President Francois Hollande has called on the U.N. Security Council and the African Union to stabilize the situation.

A covergence of drought, rising food costs, and conflict has driven over a quarter of a million people--now quickly approaching half a million--to the Dabaab refugee camps just across the border with Somalia in Northern Kenya. Ten million people live in the drought-striken area, which lies at the crossroads of Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia. Many have not harvested crops in over two years, making this the worst drought to have hit the region in over half a century.

The approximately 800,000 Rohingya people living in Burma are considered by the UN to be one of the world's most persecuted people. On Monday, November 4 at 6:30pm, the Holocaust Memorial Museum will host an event featuring a panel discussion about its November 4-8 "Our Walls Bear Witness: The Plight of Burma's Rohingya" exhibition. Throughout the exhibition, building-sized photographs of the Rohingya by Greg Constantine will be projected on the museum each night.

Today marks the second year aniiversary of the day the Syrian revolution began in earnest with a "Day of Rage" demonstration by 200 protesters, inspired by other "Arab Spring" uprisings, gathered in the Syrian capital Damascus to demand that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down.

Update March 6, 2:45pm: The UNHCR reports "Data received from UNHCR’s offices in the Syria region shows that the number of Syrians either registered as refugees or being assisted as such reached the one million mark today."